Monthly Archives: April 2014

Maybe African tech startups aren’t new news, but things are starting to stir in Africa. While Western blogs haven’t covered many African tech startups, there are more than a handful of startup competitions in Africa – and plenty of innovative companies emerging.

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The problem: you need an affordable NAS server. The solution: the Synology Disk Station DS204se. It’s a great solution for someone on a budget who doesn’t want to compromise speed.Take a look at our review.

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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings may really hate the peering deal he signed with Comcast, (S CMCSK) but that didn’t stop him from entering a similar partnership with another ISP: Verizon and (S VZ) Netflix have also agreed on a paid peering relationship.

News of that pact was first broken Monday afternoon on by BTIG Research’s Walter Piecyk, who tweeted Monday afternoon that Verizon CEO Lowell C. McAdam had confirmed the commercial relationship between the two companies.

Netflix has since confirmed the agreement,with a spokesperson telling us via email:

“We have reached an interconnect arrangement with Verizon that we hope will improve performance for our joint customers over the coming months.“

A Verizon spokesperson also confirmed to Gigaom that both parties have reached a deal, but wasn’t able to offer any further details.

If you’re in the market for a decent IP camera, check out the Samsung SmartCam HD Pro. It is highly customizable and features less lag time than its competitor, the Dropcam Pro, as well as offering SD card storage.

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Twitter told the world that it would soon be displaying new types of ads in Twitter feeds. Well, the company has made good on that promise today. Across the globe, Twitter userswill now see advertisements directly in a feed.